2023-24 Edition

QED - 2023-24 Edition

Third edition of the QED Magazine.

The pdf version can be found here.

The king of toys worldwide, the Rubik’s Cube, is closely connected to one of the most important branches of mathematics: group theory.

Equations and symmetries: two fundamental concepts of mathematics, seemingly unconnected. Once again, appearances can be deceiving.

Mathematical advances in this field have made it possible for us to live in the digitalized world we know today. But how did we get here?

Talking with...


Professor Emeritus M. Manzano, an eminence in Philosophy, reflects on the role of logic in science, in education, in her life and in the life of those who want to dedicate themselves to it.

Recreational Mathematics


To solve a puzzle, you just need a sharp mind to know what the tricky and cunning creator of the puzzle is asking of you.

Culture


The chicken-and-egg question isn't clear, but the question of decimals and series is. And the answer is the opposite of what one might expect.

Literature


The mathematician Hardy converses with the poet Housman about the aesthetics of mathematics.